Making sense of insecurity: A defence of Richard Sennett's sociology of work

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-104

  Tweedie, Dale ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

flexibility; insecurity; new capitalism; Sennett; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873918971     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017012460327     Document Type: Article

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